Comparison

Backdrop Player vs Tocka

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Backdrop Player

This utility app allows you to play local video files while simultaneously listening to music, podcasts, or audiobooks from other applications. It features audio and volume mixing to ensure seamless blending of video and background audio, all while prioritizing user privacy with local-only data handling. Enjoy your media without interruptions.

Highlights
  • Audio mixing
  • Volume control for video
  • Privacy focused
  • Supports MP4, MOV, M4V
  • No ads
  • 100% free
Features
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This app is a gift. No ads. No paid features. 100% free. Backdrop Player lets you load videos from your files and watch them while continuing to listen to your favorite music, podcasts, or audiobooks from other apps. FEATURES: - Audio Mixing: Unlike standard players, we don't pause your background audio. - Volume Mixing: Keep your video audio low (or silent) so it blends perfectly with your other audio. - Privacy Focused: Everything is local. We don't get any data. - Format Support: Supports standard MP4, MOV, and M4V files.

About

Tocka

This app offers a charming alarm clock, timer, and stopwatch experience with animated characters and interactive wake-up games. It features a dynamic world clock and is designed for all Apple devices, including Apple Watch. Unlock additional characters and features with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Animated characters that react to time
  • Interactive wake-up games
  • Customizable timers with Lock Screen support
  • Precise stopwatch with laps and history
  • Dynamic world clock with sunrise/sunset times
  • Apple Watch app with complications
  • Widgets and Live Activities support
Features
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Tocka is the alarm clock, timer and stopwatch with a little character. Tocka lives in a hand-drawn world that moves with the time of day, and acts out everything you time: running laps, cooking dinner, or waking you up. ALARM CLOCK • Reliable alarms that ring through Focus and silent mode, on iPhone and Apple Watch • Wake-up games: solve a quick sum, shake it off or catch Tocka before the alarm stops • See "Rings in…" as you set it, skip the next one, and snooze your way TIMER • Spin the big dial or type the exact time • Run many timers at once, each on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Routines for cooking, Pomodoro focus sessions and HIIT intervals STOPWATCH • Precise timing with laps, splits and a lap chart • Every run kept in History, with how you did against your best • Starts on your iPhone, carries on on your Apple Watch, and back WORLD CLOCK • A themed globe that turns to night where the sun has set • Time differences, sunrise and sunset, and a good time to call MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN • Apple Watch app with its own wake-up games and complications • Two-page layouts on foldables and iPad held sideways • Widgets, Control Center controls, Live Activities and the Dynamic Island A WHOLE CAST Start with Classic Tocka. Pumpkin visits every October and Snowball every December. Tocka Plus unlocks the whole cast all year (Moon, Pocket Watch, Bubble, Robot, Cactus, Snowball, Pumpkin and Doodle), each with its own world, plus Routines, wake-up games, History and character chimes. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your alarms, timers and cities stay on your device. Tocka Plus is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://guedio.com/apps/tocka/privacy

Screenshots

Backdrop Player3 screens
Tocka4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backdrop Player at none against Tocka's 3. Tocka's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tocka sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Backdrop Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Backdrop Player against 5.0 for Tocka. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Backdrop Player versus Tocka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackdrop PlayerTocka
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyle ScheerJoe Guedes

In-app purchases

None

Backdrop Player

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tocka

Subscriptions2
  • Tocka Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Tocka Plus Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tocka Plus Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Backdrop Player free?
Backdrop Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tocka free?
Tocka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Backdrop Player or Tocka?
Backdrop Player and Tocka are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Backdrop Player or Tocka have ads?
Neither Backdrop Player nor Tocka shows ads.

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